U S Sightings Tie To Khrushchev Claim On Rocket
U S observers say no evidence the carrier rocket fell on the United States despite widespread sightings from California to Alaska. Dr. Fred L. Whipple notes possible fall in the Eastern Pacific or Asia while witnesses in North Dakota and Montana describe bright fireballs and explosions.
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Fred L. Whipple
U.S
Washington, D.C
United Press
Cambridge
Mass
Whipple
Eastern Pacific
South Sea
Indian Ocean
Asia
Palo Alto
Calif
E.s.t
Stanford University Research Institute
California
United States
Khrushchev
North Dakota
Jamestown
Fargo
Scobey
Mont
Sidney
Burley Bowler
Astrological Society of Regina
Saskatchewan College
North
Three Killed In Flaming Crash Near Baldwin Park
In a head on crash on Ramona Boulevard three people died and a fourth was critically injured. Victims were Asquiel Torres 19 Irwindale Mrs Fred Smith 35 and Mrs Pauline Blood 68 of Baldwin Park. Archie Blood 65 driver of one car was in critical condition. Mrs Bloods daughter Mrs Smith 35 and her two children Allen 5 Robin 3 were in the Blood car with minor injuries. Police say Torres 19 was westbound when he lost control and hit the Blood car.
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Baldwin
Park
Ramona Blvd
Asquiel Torres
Irwindale
Fred Smith
Pauline Blood
Baldwin Park
Allen
Robin
Torres
Bloods
San Bernardino Valley Likely Sunny Through Weekend
Weather forecast for San Bernardino Valley notes high clouds but mostly sunny conditions today and Sunday. December 7, 1957, 11:30 Reading reports highs around 73 and a low near 39. One year earlier, highs reached 55 and lows 42.
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San Bernardino Valley
Russia asks return of Sputnik I rocket remains
Moscow says the carrier rocket from Sputnik I disintegrated and parts fell in Alaska and other parts of North America possibly Canada. The Soviet Academy of Sciences, via Tass, requests the United States return the not completely burnt-out remains and disclose the landing site.
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Moscow
Russia
Alaska
North America
United States
U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences
Tass
Academy of Sciences
Science
Canada
Vanguard report on misfire sent to Eisenhower
The Defense Department sent a preliminary report on the Vanguard rocket misfire to President Eisenhower. White House secretary Hagerty said the brief report was delivered to the White House and relayed to the President by staff. He noted the report covered little beyond Vanguard officials' Friday statements and that some equipment details could not be disclosed for security reasons. The President did not share Democratic worries about publicity and said most Americans wanted information. Hagerty added he did not think the President regrets the advance publicity.
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Merriman Smith
United Press
White House
Gettysburg
Defense Department Today
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Andrew Goodpaster
Hagerty
Vanguard Project
Congress
Rocket Sled Sets Record at China Lake
A rocket sled at China Lake Naval Ordnance Test Station hit a world speed record of 2 575.1 miles per hour, marking a dramatic advance in propulsion testing and military research.
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China Lake
Calif
China Lake Naval Ordnance Test Station
Missile Race Neck And Neck Expert Says
Kansas City dispatch quotes Maj. Gen. Bernard Schriever stating the United States and Russia are neck and neck in long range ballistic missiles. He notes Russia may lead in short and intermediate ranges by a year or two, but long range leadership is unclear. He cites integration challenges and calls satellite moon launch a first stage failure.
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Kansas City
U.S
Russia
B. A. Schriever
Schriever
Campaign to Enshrine Tojo Under Way
In Tokyo a White Chrysanthemum Society led bid to enshrine Hideki Tojo and other Pacific war criminals at Yasukuni Shrine. The plan, disclosed on the Pearl Harbor anniversary eve, seeks to honor figures including Koki Hirota Iwane Matsui Seishiro Itagaki Kenji Doihara and Heitaro Kimura, while public opinion would decide.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Yasunkuni Shrine
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Shiragiku Kai
White Chrysanthemum Society
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Malaya
Singapore
Philippines
Yasukuni
Kudan Hill
Tojo
Koki Hirota
Iwane Matsui
Nanking
Seishiro Itagaki
Kenji Doihara
Heitaro Kimura
Federal Aid Push Aims 300 Million Science Education Program
Washington sources report a plan to spend 300 million dollars annually to boost scientific education in states and private universities. The initiative, tied to Eisenhower’s push against the Soviet challenge, would fund state grants for exams and aptitude, student scholarships, college support for enrollment growth, school science equipment, and higher teacher salaries in science math and languages. Local matches may be required and specifics remain undecided.
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Washington
Administration
Congress
Oklahoma City
Eisenhower
B 47 Bomber Crashes At Barksdale Killing Four
A B 47 Stratojet with its right wingtip dragging crashed and burned during takeoff at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport Louisiana killing all four crew aboard. Witnesses said a wheel broke loose causing the wing drag as Capt Tarquhar radioed abort. Identified crew: Capt John F Dent Jr pilot from Clinton Maryland Capt Jack W Duncan observer Toledo Ohio 1st Lt Carlton A Boutelle 37 Barksdale Base.
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Shreveport
Barksdale Air Force Base
Jack E. Tarquhar
Yoakum
Tex
Air Force
John F. Dent, Jr
Clinton, Md
Jack W. Duncan
Toledo
Ohio
Carlton A. Boutelle
Barksdale
Bugle Opens Pearl Harbor Memorial Service
A bugler sounded first call at 7:55 a.m. from a temporary platform above the waters near the USS Arizona to mark Pearl Harbor Memorial Day. The ceremony honors the ship and the 1,102 crewmen lost and launches a drive to raise funds for a permanent memorial on Battleship Row.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
United States
Arizona
U.S. Navy
Chimp To Play Santa Claus To 40 Monkeys
Denver zoo hosts annual Christmas party with 40 monkeys. Buttons the chimp hands out gifts as Santa, continuing Billie Shannon's 20 year tradition from Idaho Springs. If weather allows, party outdoors. otherwise in the monkey house on December 22.
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Denver
Santa Claus
Denver Zoo
Billie Shannon
Idaho Springs
Colo
Buttons
Indonesian Workers Seize Dutch Banks In Jakarta Turmoil
Indonesian workers armed with red armbands seized control of three major Dutch owned banks in Jakarta, declaring them the property of the Republic as tensions with the Netherlands over West New Guinea soar. NATO discussions and Indonesian cabinet meetings followed as Dutch naval forces prepared to deploy to West New Guinea waters. Soviet papers mocked the U S Vanguard satellite test, depicting it as a dud while criticizing American officials and defending Soviet prestige.
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U.S
Jakarta
Indonesia
Jarea
Republic of Indonesia
Netherlands
West New Guinea
Amsterdam
Ihpebon
WU Dake
Paris
NATO
KPM Royal Dutch Interinsular’ Shipping Company
KPM
Prop-Jet Electra completes its first test flight in California
Lockheed Electra, the nations first commercial prop-jet airliner, finished its maiden flight at the Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank with Chief pilot Herman R. Salmon at the controls. The aircraft, powered by four Allison 501 engines, is expected to reach speeds above 400 miles per hour and could usher in a new era of transport.
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Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft
California
Herman R
Fish) Salmon
Lockheed Air Terminal
Sheriff's
Lockheed
Elect Stewart
Roy Weybright
Salvage Vat Yields 2650 Dollars In Bills
Workers uncover 2650 dollars in paper salvage money when Stewart cries out there is a one hundred dollar bill from a vat. The discovery prompts a quick, wet salvage effort as colleagues react to the hoard found among paper waste.
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Minneapolis
Stewart
Murray Snyder
Var
Asfense
Nelson Co
Mute
Vanguard rocket explodes four feet off ground
Washington reports scientists analyze wreckage to determine cause of Vanguard explosion that halted first U.S. satellite test. A second rocket awaits findings. Eisenhower orders a full report while Congress and NATO summit concerns rise. News crews observe from Cape Canaveral as technicians review footage.
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Washington
Vanguard
U.S
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Defense
Donald A. Quarles
Russia
Richard M. Nixon
Naval Research Laboratory
John P. Hagen
Hagen
Florida
J. Paul Walsh
America
Paris
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
McClellan Attacks Tennessee Officials Over Labor Violence
Chairman John L. McClellan of the Senate Rackets Committee accused Tennessee law officials of allowing Teamsters leaders and associated violence from dynamiting to window smashing across the region. He urged local officials to resist the racketeers. Additional testimony was anticipated from Knoxville grocer B. B. Powers whose store was dynamited during a strike against a Coca Cola bottling plant. Nashville police officers were not expected to testify.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
Senate Rackets Committee
Tennessee
Teamsters
Arkansas Democrat
Teamster
East Tennessee
North Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
McClellan
Knoxville
B. B. Powers
Nashville
Weather highs and lows across the nation
The day’s peak temperature reached 81 degrees in Kingsville Texas the nation’s warmth while International Falls Minnesota logged the lowest reading at seven below zero.
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New York
Kingsville
Texas
International Falls
Minn
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D -Wash
Henry Jackson
U.S. Defense Department
William Page
D-Tex
Red Star
Sam
Sputnik Vanguard
Pshik
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Johnson
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Imperial
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